When EB and real life collides
Twin baby capsule trolley with no babies

I experienced a very bizarre moment on the weekend in Woolworths. DH, DD and I were doing our grocery shopping, everything was normal, and then I saw it...

A woman using a twin baby capsule trolley with no babies anywhere to be seen.

I honestly stopped dead in my tracks. EB had come to life and was right there in my local Woolworths. Past threads from EB raced through my mind and I seriously expected that an outraged twin/multiples mum was going to appear and give the woman a piece of her mind. I forced myself to start walking again, thought that maybe there were babies somewhere else who would catch up to the woman (being changed by dad perhaps?) and therefore the twin trolley would be "justified" IYKWIM.

A few aisles later I saw the woman and trolley again. Nope, no babies still.

Another aisle or two, definitely no babies.

Actually this is when I learned what the real purpose of the twin trolley was: the baby capsules provided very handy elbow rests for her teenage son to use as he pushed the trolley. My DH noticed it by then, and knew that twin trolleys were an EB topic, and told me to take a picture and post it. I wasn't brave enough to because the woman/mum looked really mean and scared me a bit.

I was still expecting a twin/multiples mum to appear and tell this woman off. Sadly, it didn't happen that I know of.

FTR there were plenty of trolleys available, and the baby capsule trolleys (single and twin) are used by the staff to block off closed checkouts so they aren't usually anywhere near the trolley bay, but can be easily found by those who need them.

I went down to the local shopping centre. The three disabled parks near the door where I wanted to go were full and of the 10 people with prams parks, 3 were free, the next closest park was quite a distance away.

I had to make a decision, would a disabled sticker make it ok to park in a people with pram parks.

Yep, witnessed two little girls (aged about 2 and 4) running around pulling baby baths off the shelves in Target with no parents around. They managed to line them all up in the aisle and were jumping in and out of them like a hopscotch game for a good 5 mins.

I was worried they were going to trip and hurt themselves so I alerted an employee. Then I thought about EB and wondered if I should be minding my own business instead

Yep, went to Coles the other day with my 2yo and 11 mo and all the twin trolleys were taken. I asked the trolley man and he couldn't find one. So I had to put my 2yo in the large section of he trolley and the 11 mo in the seat. The 2 yo kept trying to leap out of he trolley, and kept trying to eat everything in it which was so embarrassing. It was a nightmare.

Anyway, I too had an epiphany and thought back to EB treads and wondered whether I am actually allowed to use the twin trolley when my kids are 13 months apart...... They are not officially twins but .......

Forgot to mention tat when I did finally see the twin trolley... It was being used by someone who had 1 kid and a rather large handbag, she didn't even blink when she saw me juggling mine... Go figure

Funnily enough the day before I had forgotten my sticker when we went for coffee. As we were sitting outside someone came and parked in the two disabled park nearby, taking them both up. And got out of her car. DH could not cope, and made some comment. She got really p*ssed off and drove off in the end, the two tables near us, congratulated DH for having a go at her.

She thought it was oK she was only going in to get a coffee so it would not have taken long

Yep, went to Coles the other day with my 2yo and 11 mo and all the twin trolleys were taken. I asked the trolley man and he couldn't find one. So I had to put my 2yo in the large section of he trolley and the 11 mo in the seat. The 2 yo kept trying to leap out of he trolley, and kept trying to eat everything in it which was so embarrassing. It was a nightmare.

Anyway, I too had an epiphany and thought back to EB treads and wondered whether I am actually allowed to use the twin trolley when my kids are 13 months apart...... They are not officially twins but .......

Forgot to mention tat when I did finally see the twin trolley... It was being used by someone who had 1 kid and a rather large handbag, she didn't even blink when she saw me juggling mine... Go figure

The two seated trolleys aren't just for twins. They are for any parent who has two small children. As long as they are under 18 kgs they are safe and permitted to use these trolleys.I use one when I have 2 of any of my grandchildren. Sometimes it is 2x3 year olds, 2x2 year olds, 1 x10 month old and 1x3 year old.I wouldn't use one for a child and a handbag though.

DS 1 got an Oportos chicken burger and chips tonight ('cause he did well in a spelling quiz) ...DS 2 (12 months) was in his high chair....I went downstairs to put washing on,came back upstairs and DS2 was shoving about 4 hot chips into his mouth...he had a look on his face like it was nectar of the gods....neither of them were wearing shoes. The TV was on.

The two seated trolleys aren't just for twins. They are for any parent who has two small children. As long as they are under 18 kgs they are safe and permitted to use these trolleys.I use one when I have 2 of any of my grandchildren. Sometimes it is 2x3 year olds, 2x2 year olds, 1 x10 month old and 1x3 year old.I wouldn't use one for a child and a handbag though.

Yeah and you aren't supposed to put children in the other part of the trolley. I used to think that it was an over reaction, but a friend of mine had her son in the trolley once and he must have been moving around and managed to over-balance it and have the trolley fall on top of him.

I was at the shopping centre recently and busting for the toilet and found the women's toilers closed for maintenance and the parents room were closed for refurbishments. As I was stood waiting a security guard came along and told me to use the disabled toilet, but it was engaged. I wondered while I tried not to pee myself, what EB would think of that security guard!

Every time I go grocery shopping and my DD has a whine I try settle her while i dart my eyes around looking to see if anyone's glaring at me and tapping furiously into EB that I didn't do enough/displine appropriately / fed the wrong food to my DD to make shopping easier.

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